Jacob betts



J. BETTS. Suspender-End.

No, 226,267. Y Patented April 6,1880.

NrrED STATES JACOB BETTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,267, dated April 6, 1880.

Application iiled February 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BETTS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspender-Ends, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is a front view of a suspender-end containing' my invention.

My invention relates to that class of suspender-ends composed of iib-rous braid or cord; and it consists in the combination, with a suitable buckle-connection, of a suspender-end composed of a fibrous braid or cord, which is hung in the buckle-connection and plaited immediately below such connection, and that portion of which projecting from the plaits is bound with threads or clasps to form two loops, constitu ting button'holes, either or both binding mediums serving, also, to confine the free ends of the braid or cord, so that the article obtained is a double end and is exceedinglystrong, while it can be manufactured at a very low cost. c

ln the drawing, the letter A designates the buckle-connection, and B the iibrous braid or cord composing the suspender-end. The buckle-connection A is the part whereby the suspender-end is attached to the buckle of a suspender, and the same may have any usual or suitable shape, the construction thereof forming no part of my invention.

The braid or cord B is made of silk or other analogous material, and may be either dat or round. Said braid or cord is hung in the buckle-connection A by being passed through an opening therein, as at c c, and that part of the braid or cord immediatelybelow the buckleconnection is plaited or interwoven, as shown, while the part lprojecting from the pla-its is bound together, as at d d, in a suitable inanner to form two loops, e c, which are the button-holes of the article. The binding mediums d d in this example consist of threads wound on the braid or cord at the required points, the parts or members of the braid being laid upon each other where the binding is applied. If desired, however, metallic or other clasps may be substituted for the thread-binding'. I

In the example shown the braid B is in two pieces, one to each of the loops or button-holes e e, and each ofthe binding mediums d d serves to confine the free ends of one piece of braid. In some cases, however, the entire suspenden end is made of a single piece of braid, and there being then only two free ends. only one of the binding mediums d d performs the additional ofce referred to. When two pieces of braid are used one stra-nd of each piece may be bound up with a strand of the other piece.

The article obtained by my invention is a double end which is not only stronger than those now in use, but also cheaper, the superior strength being due to the distribution by means of the plaits of the strain on either of the loops c c throughout the whole braid, and the cheapness to the simplicity of its construc4 tion.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a buckle-connection, A, of the suspender-end composed of a fibrous braid or cord passed through the buckle-connecion and the two portions interlocked or plaited together immediately below said connection for a portion of their length, the portions of the braid or cord projecting below the interlock or plaited connection being provided with loops or button-holes, as herein shown and described.

In testimony that' I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of February, 1880.

JAooB Bnrrs. p.. s]

l/Vitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

